In the 1950s, Fred Harvey operated close to 20 restaurants in its hotels, train stations, and other buildings ranging from Cleveland to Los Angeles. This is one of a series of nine menus “featuring some of the more prominent Fred … Continue reading
Category Archives: Santa Fe
The underlying theme of this brochure is that the south rim of the Grand Canyon that was served by the Santa Fe was open year round. Unmentioned except by implication is that the north rim that was served by Union … Continue reading
In addition to operating dining cars, restaurants, and hotels, Fred Harvey sold lots of gifts, particularly Indian-themed goods in Arizona and New Mexico. Here are some postcards featuring the company’s wares on display at the Indian Building in the Albuquerque … Continue reading
At various times in its history, Fred Harvey owned or managed dozens of hotels and restaurants, many of which were a part of or immediately adjacent to Santa Fe train stations. It probably issued postcards advertising all of them, but … Continue reading
Fred Harvey issued lots of postcards showing Santa Fe trains crossing the country. We’ve seen many in the past; here are a few more presented in approximately east-to-west order. All of these are Phostint cards printed for Fred Harvey by … Continue reading
Unlike the Pennsylvania and several other railroads, the Santa Fe put the main cover of its timetables on the front instead of the back. The back cover of this timetable provides detailed information about what trains carried dining cars and … Continue reading
We’ve previously seen an elegant booklet introducing the Santa Fe’s first Super Chief, a rather ugly train consisting of heavyweight Pullmans towed by flat-faced Diesels known as 1 and 1A (but sometimes called Mutt & Jeff). That train was introduced … Continue reading
As of 1887, three different railroads — the Denver & Rio Grande; Denver, Texas & Gulf (later Colorado & Southern); and Santa Fe — had lines from Denver to Pueblo. They competed until 1918, when the federal government temporarily took … Continue reading
Competition between Chicago and San Francisco was much less intense than in the Los Angeles corridor mainly because the Overland Route was by far the shortest route. In 1911, when Western Pacific began serving this corridor, the Overland Route was … Continue reading
In 1892, the Santa Fe Railway agreed to pay the expenses of Thomas Moran, famed painter of Yellowstone, to the Grand Canyon provided the railway would be allowed to choose a painting to use in its advertising. This began the … Continue reading